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What Happened Today – June 12

June 12, 2025
GovBrief Intensity Score 168 🔥
Extreme. News volume is off the charts.
This is an indexed score based on news activity.
100 = our permanent historical baseline.
Today is 68% above normal.
Recent trend: 20% above the long-term baseline.
Previous 5 Days 192 | 168 | 152 | 72 | 112

7 Day Trending Story Categories: Immigration, Criminal Justice, Foreign Relations
7 Day Trending Topics: ICE, Israel, Iran

🚨 Our government is rapidly escalating to physical force against anyone it deems an enemy.

Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed, thrown to the ground and handcuffed after interrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference. They said he lunged at her and never identified himself. Both were lies.

In Florida, Ron DeSantis said that drivers can run over protesters who make them feel threatened, saying “that’s their fault for impinging on you.” He made that announcement days before protests were due to take place throughout the state.

And Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified to Congress today that the Pentagon has invasion plans for Greenland and Panama while refusing to commit to following court orders about federal troop deployments, claiming “local judges shouldn’t make foreign policy.”

This is systematic normalization of state violence against any form of opposition.

The No Kings protests are Saturday. I’ve posted surveillance security resources so you can resist safely while staying loud. This is the moment to show up.

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Senate approves $3.2 billion in arms sales to Qatar and UAE despite Trump receiving $400 million jet and $2 billion cryptocurrency investment from the same countries.

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